Inside Your Hell Tonight Chords
by Strawbs
Inside Your Hell Tonight by Strawbs is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, Dm, Am, F, B7 and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
C G Dm Am C G F C F C Am G C
Verse
G Dm Am C
Storms are breaking in California
G F C G
From the East Coast a twister comes
B7 Em F C
She lies waiting for her lover
G F C
A crumpled rag-doll that's cast away
F C G
Then they call her on the phone
F C G
Telling lies that she can see through
Am Em F C
So they'll live inside their hell tonight
F C Am G F C F C Am G C
Knowing they were saving their own skins
Verse
G Dm Am C
Signing up for high adventure
G F C G
Young and innocent, so alive
B7 Em F C
Mules and asses held the high ground
G F C
While the lions stood like sitting ducks
F C G
Then they drove them through the fire
F C G
With a cry of "We know better"
Am Em F C
So they'll live inside their hell tonight
F C Am G F C F C Am G C
Knowing they were saving their own skins
Verse
G Dm Am C
Sailing oceans to a new life
G F C G
Friends and family are tied as one
B7 Em F C
Captain's table rocks with laughter
G F C
Glasses raised to a job well done
F C G
And the market place is waiting
F C G
For the souls that can't be bought
Am Em F C
So they'll burn inside their hell tonight
F C Am G F C F C Am G C
Knowing they were shaming mankind
Instrumental
C G Dm Am C G F C F C Am G C
Verse
G Dm Am C
Like a dead bird in a green field
G F C G
Still and peaceful the body lay
B7 Em F C
I don't need to witness something
G F C
To confirm all my deepest fears
F C G
But I climb into my car
F C G
And I stop the help arriving
Am Em F C
So I'll live inside my hell tonight
F C Am G F C
Knowing I was only gloating